This series has three easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Dwelling in the Midst of Alarms.IntroductionJust after Count
Parkman Vol. 4, Chapter 4
With a sword or a hatchet in one hand and a knife in the other, they threw themselves against the throng of enemies.Previously in The Old Regime In
Parkman Vol. 3, Chapter 17
It was on the last day of the winter that preceded the invasion of the Iroquois that Father Hennepin, with his two companions, Accau and Du Gay, had
Tonty and the Iroquois
Tonty, with admirable fidelity and courage, had done all in the power of man to protect the allies of Canada against their ferocious
Traces of the Iroquois Conquest
Night and silence brooded over the waste, where, far as the raven could wing his flight, stretched the dark domain of solitude and horror.Previously
Parkman End of Volume 2
The Providence of God seemed in their eyes dark and inexplicable; but, from the stand-point of Liberty, that Providence is clear as the sun at
Parkman Vol. 2, Chapter 33
Of the four kindred communities, two at least, the Hurons and the Neutrals, were probably superior in numbers to the Iroquois.Previously in The
The Last of the Hurons
It is a matter of some interest to trace the fortunes of the shattered fragments of a nation once prosperous, and, in its own eyes and those of its
Parkman, Volume 2, Chapter 32
Most of this installment consists of the remainder of Chapter 31. The Jesuits abandon their Huron missions.Previously in The Jesuits in North